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Old Man Benson Would Know How To Get Us Out This Mess

Posted on 12/8/22 at 12:02 pm
Posted by Scientific73
Metro Atlanta
Member since Jan 2014
844 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 12:02 pm
Fire all them bitches at the top. Build and Destroy!
Posted by WhoGeaux
Member since Apr 2011
5558 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 12:11 pm to
Old Man Benson would be taking this shitshow down to San Antonio...and Payton would probably be cool with that spot too
Posted by Swagga
504
Member since Dec 2009
19420 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 12:16 pm to
Benson’s solution to everything was move the team to San Antonio.

Gayle is better than this board gives her credit for, look at the rebuild she did with the pelicans since she took over.

I know this is difficult to hear, but this is going to require patience. It’s going to be a rebuild.
Posted by TwoDatBait
Northshore, LA
Member since Jul 2011
6619 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 12:29 pm to
Tell me you became a fan after Katrina without telling me…..
Posted by Geauxldilocks
Member since Aug 2018
6615 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 12:37 pm to
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Benson’s solution to everything was move the team to San Antonio.


And history will prove his thought process was correct. Care to compare businesses relocating to TX vs LA?

Every board on this site freely admits NOLA is a shitehole, but when you come to Saints Talk the NOLA apologists and deniers come out it spades. I’ll still pull for the Saints if they bail, it’s ok to live the team and hate the city. If you care for them let them go.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
48806 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 12:42 pm to
quote:

I’ll still pull for the Saints if they bail,


Nah, loyalty is a two-way street. When they leave Louisiana I will have a soft spot for them but my loyalties will probably switch to a player rather than a team.
Posted by Swagga
504
Member since Dec 2009
19420 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 1:25 pm to
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And history will prove his thought process was correct. Care to compare businesses relocating to TX vs LA? Every board on this site freely admits NOLA is a shitehole, but when you come to Saints Talk the NOLA apologists and deniers come out it spades.



What the frick does this have to do with the thread. Texas has a better business climate. Texas is also going to be a shithole eventually, Houston is already on the way.

Some of you are so obsessed with New Orleans it’s insane.
Posted by Suntiger
STG or BR or somewhere else
Member since Feb 2007
36333 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 1:48 pm to
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Old Man Benson Would push his mother in front of a bus for a nickel and would find a way to bilk taxpayers of Louisiana for more money.


FIFY

Benson was a cheap scape who hired accountants as GMs to make money. I can’t count the great players we let walk because we didn’t want to pay them. I also can’t count the times he poor mouthed the state to give him money or he would leave the state…but also refused to show any proof that he was actually losing or not making money.
Posted by BigTigerJoe
Member since Aug 2022
14492 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 2:18 pm to
Benson got taken out at an owner's meeting challenging Goodell and had a convenient fall.

The problem has been punitive against the Saints. Maintain the lie that players paid to injure themselves for concussion lawsuit reasons.

Age and health made Mr B virtually powerless. Mrs B is compromised by the Catholic priest scandal.

She takes on the NFL, Roger makes her scandal resurface. Kraft can have happy endings. The Rooney's make player and coaching issues disappear. The Mara's pull the strings too.

She is powerless. The demise of the Saints was orchestrated starting with the character assassination of Brees by the proxy Malcolm Jenkins. The threat to the Brees' children made him bend the knee making him hated by the Woke and loyal fan base.

The departure of CSP was the fait accompli. The small market Saints are now full circle the hated bountygate losers. All is as intended.
Posted by LSUZombie
A Cemetery Near You
Member since Apr 2008
29759 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 2:24 pm to
Old man Benson was a tightwad idiot who lucked into a great GM and hall of fame head coach.

He tried to move the team to San Antonio but was stopped by Tagliabue.

Bring Rita back! She’d be like the owner from Any Given Sunday
Posted by Starchild
Member since May 2010
13550 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 2:43 pm to
quote:

Every board on this site freely admits NOLA is a shitehole


A significant portion of this site live in Hicksville nowhere and hate all cities to be fair
Posted by ned nederlander
Member since Dec 2012
6128 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 4:14 pm to
Old Man Benson hired Mike Ditka. So maybe not.
Posted by Dizz
Member since May 2008
16224 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 4:17 pm to
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Bring Rita back! She’d be like the owner from Any Given Sunday


Didn't she end up moving the team?
Posted by Geauxldilocks
Member since Aug 2018
6615 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 4:34 pm to
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Old man Benson was a tightwad idiot who lucked into a great GM and hall of fame head coach.


Old Man Benson met Gayle and she quickly let him motorboat her milky jugs and parlayed that into a ring. Gayle picked a fight with Rita and got the old man to change his will and she got the Saints. You can’t expect this reality to lead to a functional winning franchise.
Posted by Snipe
Member since Nov 2015
17198 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 4:43 pm to
Yea. Just like he did all those other times the saints sucked arse.

Posted by LSUZombie
A Cemetery Near You
Member since Apr 2008
29759 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 6:04 pm to
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Didn't she end up moving the team?


I think she flirted with another city, got hammered by the commissioner, and then at the end acted like she was happy to be in Miami.
Posted by PUB
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2017
21274 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 6:55 pm to
Arnie stopped that move after Katrina talking to the NFL and Benson fired him promoting Loomis.
Yes - Benson would have turned on NOLA after Katrina in a second.
Posted by Honest Tune
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2011
19285 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 7:44 pm to
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Benson got taken out at an owner's meeting challenging Goodell and had a convenient fall. The problem has been punitive against the Saints. Maintain the lie that players paid to injure themselves for concussion lawsuit reasons. Age and health made Mr B virtually powerless. Mrs B is compromised by the Catholic priest scandal. She takes on the NFL, Roger makes her scandal resurface. Kraft can have happy endings. The Rooney's make player and coaching issues disappear. The Mara's pull the strings too. She is powerless. The demise of the Saints was orchestrated starting with the character assassination of Brees by the proxy Malcolm Jenkins. The threat to the Brees' children made him bend the knee making him hated by the Woke and loyal fan base. The departure of CSP was the fait accompli. The small market Saints are now full circle the hated bountygate losers. All is as intended.


Holy shite , not sure if you’re right or not but it makes a lot of sense given what we know.
Posted by goatmilker
Castle Anthrax
Member since Feb 2009
77184 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 8:00 pm to
Say what you will but Benson was 2 of 3 in picking GM's. The first put us on the map and the last took us to the top.
Posted by Geauxldilocks
Member since Aug 2018
6615 posts
Posted on 12/8/22 at 8:40 pm to
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Holy shite , not sure if you’re right or not but it makes a lot of sense given what we know.


It does make sense, we’re lucky the league gifted us a sympathy Super Bowl after Katrina even if it’s a little tarnished with the bounty approach Gregg Williams used.
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